Below is a list of all blog posts from the People Places Pines blog by Dartmouth College.
I recently helped my sister plan an assembly in my hometown in Pennsylvania for a community discussion on race. "A Talk in the Park," as it was called, helped bring awareness to the lack of African American history taught in our schools.
I know you know the song I'm referencing here... so now, get to know me! (Spoiler alert: I'm still a small town girl.)
Hello! I'm Julia, one of the Senior Admissions Fellows this year. Read on to learn how I ended up at Dartmouth and get a glimpse of what my time has looked like since.
The fact that our professor gave us a free textbook of his own design is amazing. With Dartmouth having a ton of free resources, I figured I might as well use some on my younger siblings!
I always knew I would have an on-campus job. It made sense to me—I'd have lots of free time to fill, and it's always nice to have a bit of spare cash for the weekends. Still, I never figured I'd have such an awesome job.
I hope that by looking back at why I wanted to come to Dartmouth, you can learn a bit more about my favorite aspects of the school!
Is it difficult to be introverted at Dartmouth?
Oh man. Oh man oh man.
This was honestly probably one of the most pressing questions on my mind when I got to Dartmouth.
Although I'm not grabbing any burger specials at the Hop or relaxing on the Green in between classes, my first Dartmouth spring is off to a good start. As I promised, I'll be giving updates throughout the term, so here's the first one!
At this point in my life, I know I still have so much to improve on and a myriad of people I want to be inspired by. I wanted to grow not only as a student but also simply as a person, and Dartmouth was exactly what I needed to do just this.
